Psalm 52

52       Wisdom

            God, Make Me a Green Olive Tree

            8 But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;

            I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.

·         “It is bad to speak devouring words, but it is worse to love them, either in others or in ourselves.” (Henry)

·         Every event of providence is the stroke of the sculptor’s chisel. It tends to bring out the hidden beauties of the unsightly block on which it falls.